LARYNGEAL TUBERCULOSIS – A NEGLECTED DISEASE THAT CAN MIMIC LARYNGEAL CARCINOMA
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Laryngeal tuberculosis presenting as laryngeal carcinoma.
Tuberculosis (TB) accounts for the highest number of mortalities among infectious diseases worldwide. Laryngeal TB is an extremely rare presentation of TB. It has many similarities to laryngeal carcinoma, one of the three most common cancers among males in the city, with an age standardized rate of 8.6. The associated risk factors of laryngeal carcinoma i.e. smoking, paan, betel nut usage and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2602-3482
DOI: 10.33457/ijhsrp.869470